Portal:Insects/Did you know/25
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- ... that only one side of the extinct parasitoid wasp Neanaperiallus is visible in its sole fossilised specimen?
- ... that the queen ant of the Acropyga acutiventris carries a mealybug Xenococcus annandalei in her jaws on her nuptial flight?
- ... that the only known specimen of the extinct planthopper Glisachaemus jonasdamzeni is preserved with a parasitic mite?
- ... that the extinct planthopper Tainosia quisqueyae was named for the Taíno people and Hispaniola?
- ... that the discovery of the fossil giant ant Titanomyrma in Wyoming indicates that warmth-loving fauna spread through the north between Europe and America during hot spells in the Eocene?